Gordon Dirks

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Alberta provincial by-election, October 27, 2014: Calgary-Elbow
Gordon Dirks
ECA
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for Calgary-Elbow
In office
October 27, 2014 May 5, 2015
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Gordon Dirks4,20733.21-24.88
Alberta Party Greg Clark 3,41226.94+24.25
Wildrose John Fletcher3,05624.13-4.45
Liberal Susan Wright1,51911.99+6.46
New Democratic Stephanie McLean4723.73-0.22
Total valid votes––,–––100.00
Total rejected ballots
Turnout––,–––––.––
Eligible voters––,–––
2015 Alberta general election : Calgary-Elbow
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Alberta Party Greg Clark 8,70742.20%15.32%
Progressive Conservative Gordon Edwin Dirks 6,25430.31%-2.91%
New Democratic Catherine Welburn3,25615.78%12.06%
Wildrose Megan Brown1,7868.66%-15.50%
Liberal John Roggeveen5652.74%-9.28%
Social Credit Larry R. Heather 670.32%
Total20,635
Rejected, spoiled and declined434315
Eligible electors / turnout34,68159.67%22.51%
Alberta Party gain from Progressive Conservative Swing -8.81%
Source(s)
Source: "09 - Calgary-Elbow, 2015 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta . Retrieved May 21, 2020.
Chief Electoral Officer (2016). 2015 General Election. A Report of the Chief Electoral Officer (PDF) (Report). Edmonton, Alta.: Elections Alberta. pp. 121–124.

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